. Christian herald and signs of our times. te life. There was then littleprobability of his ever ascending thethrone and as he was condemned by hisposition to a life of idleness, he plungedinto all the wickedness of the capital andlived a life of debauchery. Suddenly andwithout any cause that has ever been ex-plained, he changed his course. He quittedhis evil ways and became a devout follow-er of Mohammed, was attentive at themosque and gave all his thoughts to hisreligion. From that time until now his re-ligious enthusiasm has been the mostprominent feature of his character. Butwith the chang
. Christian herald and signs of our times. te life. There was then littleprobability of his ever ascending thethrone and as he was condemned by hisposition to a life of idleness, he plungedinto all the wickedness of the capital andlived a life of debauchery. Suddenly andwithout any cause that has ever been ex-plained, he changed his course. He quittedhis evil ways and became a devout follow-er of Mohammed, was attentive at themosque and gave all his thoughts to hisreligion. From that time until now his re-ligious enthusiasm has been the mostprominent feature of his character. Butwith the change came a fierce intolerance,a desire that others should follow his ex-ample and a determination, evinced sincehis accession, that in his own dominionsno enemy of the prophet, nor any who didnot avow themselves his followers, shouldhave peace or rest until they accepted thefaith. This spirit accounts for the crusadeagainst the Armenians whom he hates be-cause they are Christians. 164 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. Feb. 26,189.
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